Struck by powered vehicle tipping over-nontransport · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Persons Services Corp., 321 Airbus Way, MOBILE, ALABAMA 36693
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working underneath a 2-foot section of piping that was attached to a forklift. As the forklift was lowering the piping into the ground, the forklift became unsteady and the rear wheels lifted off the ground. The forklift started to tip forward but did not overturn. The mast of the forklift struck the employee causing a fractured arm, fractured ribs, and a back injury.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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